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Ogilvie, Astrid: NSF. HSD: Human and Social Dynamics inMyvatnssveit, Iceland from the Settlement to the Present.2006–2009. $549,109.Overeem, Irina: Research Foundation for the State University ofNew York. Collaborative Research: Modeling the SedimentFlux of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River. 2004–2005. $10,448.Overeem, Irina; Peckham, Scott: NSF. Collaborative Research:Modeling Sediment Delivery and Related Stratigraphy in aTidal Dominated Delta: Fly River, Papua, New Guinea.2005–2007. $92,791.Peckham, Scott: University of Alaska. Toward ImprovedProcess-Based Pan-Arctic Prediction of Land SurfaceMoisture and Energy Fluxes. 2004–2005. $15,000.Pfeffer, Tad: NSF. Seismological Investigation of ColumbiaGlacier Calving Mechanics. 2004–2007. $25,200.Pfeffer, Tad; Marshall, Hans-Peter: NASA. Snow Slope Stability:Modeling and Investigations. 2001–2005. $24,000.Pfeffer, Tad; Rick, Ursula: National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration. Ozone Fluxes into Snowpacks and TheirRole in the Tropospheric Ozone Budget. 2003–2006.$24,000.Seastedt, Timothy: Department of the Interior. Ph.D. GraduateAssistantship to Assist with the Development of a NationalPark Service Long-Term Monitoring Program. 2005–2009.$19,826.Seastedt, Timothy; Jamieson, Mary: Boulder County. AnEvaluation of the Establishment & Efficacy of the BiocontrolAgent “Mecinus janthinus” on the Invasive Weed “Linariadalmatica.” 2005. $4,000.Seastedt, Timothy; Liptzin, Daniel: NSF. Dissertation Research:The Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on Ecosystem Functionin the Forest-Alpine Tundra Ecotone. 2005–2006. $11,996.Seastedt, Timothy; Miller, Elisa: NSF. Dissertation Research:Forest Fire Mitigation and Understory Invasion. 2005–2007.$11,956.Sievering, Herman; Williams, Mark: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2006. $13,653.Stallard, Robert: Department of the Interior. Analysis of Riversand River Basins within Central Alaska. 2005–2007. $5,875.Stallard, Robert: Department of the Interior. Extended Analysisof Rivers and River Basins within Central Alaska.2005–2006. $20,605.Stallard, Robert: Department of the Interior. Analysis of RiverBasins within Alaska Network Parks. 2005–2007. $19,876.Syvitski, James: DOD–Department of the Navy. Modeling theEffect of Climatic and Human Impacts on MarginSedimentation. 2004–2005. $133,560.Syvitski, James: DOD–Department of the Navy. SedimentaryDynamics of RHNO, Korean and Other WorldDeltas/Estuaries. 2005–2007. $153,418.Syvitski, James: Indiana State University. CollaborativeResearch: Sediment Production and Alluvial Buffering in aSteepland River Basin; Waipaoa River Basin, New Zealand.2004–2006. $12,000.Syvitski, James: NSF. An Integrated Assessment of the Impactsof Climate Variability on the Alaskan North Slope CoastalRegion. 2001–2006. $57,046.Syvitski, James: University of New Hampshire. Understandingthe Changing Carbon, Nitrogen and Water Cycles in theEarth System. 2004–2007. $189,150.Syvitski, James: URS Corporation Southern. Desktop Study toCharacterize Possible Turbidity Currents in the Vicinity ofthe Hopa North Project. 2005. $7,000.Townsend, Alan; Cleveland, Cory: NSF. Interactions betweenRainfall, Nutrient Cycles and Decomposition in a LowlandTropical Rainforest. 2005–2008. $675,000.Townsend, Alan; Williams, Mark: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2006. $13,700.White, James: Department of Commerce. Stable Isotopes ofCO 2 in Aircraft Measurements to Constrain the U.S.Biosphere Carbon Sink, and Development of IsotopicStandards for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases. 2002–2007.$375,000.White, James: NSF. Collaborative Research: Stable Isotopes ofIce in the WAIS Divide Deep Ice Core. 2006–2007. $97,000.White, James: NSF. Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Airand Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Drilling Site.2005–2007. $197,181.Astrid Ogilvie (INSTAAR) consultsin July 2006 with farmers inMyvatn, northern Iceland, whoare recounting their memories ofclimate change. Archaeologicalevidence suggests that near tothe farm where they live therewas a prosperous farm in Vikingtimes. Photo: Trond Woxen.RESEARCH MISSION | 23